[TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA Problem

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Jim,

I have tried recalibrating to inculde removing and replacing the indicator needle as both of you mentioned.  In fact, it was the first thing I tried.  :)  But no, it's actually in the tracking between the rotor and the control box.  The antenna ( F12 C31XR), therefore the rotor always is pointing where it should be at the ends of the rotor's travel.  Since the rotor lived through a lightning strike back a few years ago I suppose it's possible the pot in the rotor has become erratic or damaged.

Thanks
Ben, W4TDX
> 
> From: "JCMonty" <JCMonty at midsouth.rr.com>
> Date: 2004/12/23 Thu PM 11:51:12 EST
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA Problem
> 
> David has the answer.  This presumes that the indicator is consistently lags
> or leads the actual position by the same amount.  If however the needle
> overshoots or undershoots at the limits of rotation it is another problem,
> possibly with the rheostat inside the rotor.
> 
> 73 and MC/HN
> Jim Montgomery AG4KM at arrl.net
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Robbins K1TTT [mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:11 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA Problem
> 
> Pull the needle off the dial and turn it to show where the antenna is really
> pointed.
> 
> 
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> > bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of baldwinz at bellsouth.net
> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 21:47
> > To: towertalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Yaesu G1000DXA Problem
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I've got a Yaesu G1000DXA rotor that's been up on my 55 tower turning a
> > F12 C31XR for about 3 years.  I had a lightning strike about 2 years ago
> > that destroyed my control box but didn't seem to affect the rotor.  But
> > recently I have developed an annoying problem.
> > 
> > The direction indicator on the control box will not sync up with the
> > rotor.  The rotor still points south at the far CCW stop and points west
> > at the far CW stop.  But for some reason the control box seems ot be 20 to
> > 30 degrees out of sync and it can not be adjusted to account for this
> > difference.
> > 
> > Has anyone ran into this before or can someone offer advice on how to
> > resolve it?
> > 
> > Thanks & 73s,
> > W4TDX
> > 
> > 
> > 
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